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| State | Year | Name | Type | Topics | Description | Status | Yes Votes Total | No Votes Total | Mov |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 1948 | Question 1 | LRCA | Constitutional rights | Add "The right of free speech shall not be abridged" to the state constitution | Approved | 84.62% (1,353,307) | 15.38% (246,033) | 69.23% |
| Massachusetts | 1948 | Question 2 | LRCA | Restricted-use funds, Fuel taxes, Transportation taxes and fees, Highways and bridges | Require that revenue from motor vehicle- and fuel-related taxes and fees be used exclusively for hig... | Approved | 82.89% (1,329,232) | 17.11% (274,351) | 65.78% |
| Massachusetts | 1948 | Question 3 | LRCA | State legislative authority, State executive branch structure, State executive elections | Change how vacancies in the offices of secretary, treasurer, receiver general, auditor, and attorney... | Approved | 80.91% (1,207,103) | 19.09% (284,813) | 61.82% |
| Massachusetts | 1948 | Question 4 | IndISS | Sex and gender issues, Family-related policy, Healthcare governance | Allow doctors to provide information on birth control to married women for the protection of the wom... | Defeated | 42.64% (806,829) | 57.36% (1,085,350) | 14.72% |
| Massachusetts | 1948 | Question 5 | IndISS | Right-to-work laws | Prohibit membership or non-membership to a labor organization as a condition of employment | Defeated | 28.15% (505,575) | 71.85% (1,290,310) | 43.70% |
| Massachusetts | 1948 | Question 6 | IndISS | Collective bargaining | Require labor organization officer elections to be held at least annually | Defeated | 35.76% (637,324) | 64.24% (1,144,732) | 28.47% |
| Massachusetts | 1948 | Question 7 | IndISS | Labor disputes and strikes | Provide legal procedures for calling a labor strike | Defeated | 36.76% (653,932) | 63.24% (1,124,818) | 26.47% |
| Massachusetts | 1948 | Question 8 | LRAQ | Federal government issues | Impose a term limit for the office of President | Approved | 64.37% (1,005,915) | 35.63% (556,838) | 28.74% |
| Michigan | 1948 | Constitutional Convention Question | LRCCQ | State constitutional conventions | Call a constitutional convention to revise the state constitution | Defeated | 51.70% (855,451) | 48.30% (799,198) | 3.40% |
| Michigan | 1948 | Proposal No. 1 | LRCA | State executive branch structure | Establish the order of succession for the office of governor in case of a vacancy in the office of g... | Approved | 68.07% (1,055,632) | 31.93% (495,214) | 36.14% |
| Michigan | 1948 | Proposal No. 2 | LRCA | Sales taxes, Revenue allocation | Repeal Section 23, Article 10, relating to the return of sales tax revenues, from the state constitu... | Defeated | 19.18% (343,217) | 80.82% (1,446,016) | 61.64% |
| Michigan | 1948 | Proposal No. 3 | LRCA | Salaries of government officials | Establish that the salaries of certain state officials be set by law | Approved | 63.75% (935,441) | 36.25% (531,950) | 27.50% |
| Michigan | 1948 | Proposal No. 4 | LRCA | Salaries of government officials | Establish the method for determining compensation and expenses for members of the legislature | Approved | 60.80% (911,473) | 39.20% (587,691) | 21.60% |
| Michigan | 1948 | Proposal No. 5 | CICA | Local government finance and taxes, Property taxes | Allow local governments to increase property tax limits for up to twenty years with approval from a ... | Approved | 56.79% (962,800) | 43.21% (732,677) | 13.57% |
| Michigan | 1948 | Proposal No. 6 | VR | Criminal sentencing, State executive powers and duties | Establish procedures for foreign agencies acting within Michigan and establish penalties for violati... | Approved | 60.33% (890,435) | 39.67% (585,469) | 20.66% |
| Minnesota | 1948 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | Transportation, Taxes | Defeated | 49.78% (534,538) | 50.22% (539,224) | 0.44% | |
| Minnesota | 1948 | Amendment 2 | LRCA | Administration of government | Defeated | 33.96% (319,667) | 66.04% (621,523) | 32.07% | |
| Minnesota | 1948 | Amendment 3 | LRCA | State legislative authority, State constitutional conventions | Defeated | 31.51% (294,842) | 68.49% (641,013) | 36.99% | |
| Minnesota | 1948 | Amendment 4 | LRCA | Veterans policy | Approved | 61.25% (664,703) | 38.75% (420,518) | 22.50% | |
| Missouri | 1948 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | Highways and bridges, Fuel taxes, Local government finance and taxes | Increase the motor vehicle fuel tax to fund road maintenance, and abolish the municipal motor vehicl... | Defeated | 39.95% (462,323) | 60.05% (694,960) | 20.10% |
| Missouri | 1948 | Amendment 2 | LRCA | Public employee retirement funds | Authorize cities with a population of 40,000 inhabitants or more to enact a pension for employees an... | Defeated | 53.03% (542,414) | 46.97% (480,507) | 6.05% |
| Missouri | 1948 | Amendment 3 | LRCA | Sales taxes, Veterans policy | Provide a bonus of maximum $400 to Missouri residents who served in the armed force of the United St... | Defeated | 41.15% (440,159) | 58.85% (629,586) | 17.71% |
| Montana | 1948 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | Taxes | Approved | 70.43% (93,461) | 29.57% (39,248) | 40.85% | |
| Montana | 1948 | R-51 | LRSS | Taxes, Higher education funding | Approved | 60.80% (77,820) | 39.20% (50,167) | 21.61% | |
| Montana | 1948 | R-52 | LRSS | Bond issues, Higher education funding | Approved | 60.37% (75,601) | 39.63% (49,621) | 20.75% | |
| Nebraska | 1948 | Amendment 1 | LRCA | Mineral resources, Severance taxes | Allow taxation on reservations of mineral rights and fissionable materials in land and royalties. | Defeated | 44.06% (150,071) | 55.94% (190,526) | 11.88% |
| Nebraska | 1948 | Initiative 1 | CISS | Veterans policy | Provide compensation and eligibility terms for World War II veterans, create a veteran's compensatio... | Defeated | 48.04% (196,318) | 51.96% (212,340) | 3.92% |
| New Hampshire | 1948 | Question 1 | CCRCA | State legislatures measures | It proposed that the adjournments of the General Court not exceed 5 days. | Approved | 71.88% (85,502) | 28.12% (33,450) | 43.76% |
| New Hampshire | 1948 | Question 2 | CCRCA | State constitutional conventions | It proposed to ask the voters every eighth year, beginning in 1954, if they thought a constitutional... | Defeated | 66.14% (77,027) | 33.86% (39,440) | 32.27% |
| New Hampshire | 1948 | Question 3 | CCRCA | Taxes, State legislatures measures | It proposed to allow the legislature to levy certain taxes including a graduated tax on inherited p... | Defeated | 42.76% (52,282) | 57.24% (69,978) | 14.47% |
| New Hampshire | 1948 | Question 4 | CCRCA | Taxes, State legislatures measures | It proposed to allow the legislature to tax public utilities generating electric energy. | Defeated | 27.10% (38,434) | 72.90% (103,386) | 45.80% |
| New Hampshire | 1948 | Question 5 | CCRCA | State legislatures measures, Taxes | It proposed to give authority to the legislature to apply special rates and taxes to manufacturers a... | Defeated | 46.69% (55,013) | 53.31% (62,808) | 6.62% |
| New Hampshire | 1948 | Question 6 | CCRCA | State legislatures measures | It proposed that the residents of each town and ward be proportionally represented in the House of R... | Defeated | 55.17% (71,882) | 44.83% (58,404) | 10.34% |
| New Jersey | 1948 | Public Question No. 1 | BI | Bond issues | An act would have authorized $50 million in bonds for state buildings for welfare and education. | Defeated | 46.25% (479,562) | 53.75% (557,300) | 7.50% |
| New Jersey | 1948 | Public Question No. 2 | BI | Bond issues | An act would have authorized $15 million in bonds for a high-speed transit system in southern New Je... | Defeated | 37.13% (360,468) | 62.87% (610,455) | 25.75% |
| New Mexico | 1948 | Constitutional Amendment No. 4 | LRCA | Local official term limits | The proposed measure would have allowed for a constitutional amendment that established four-year te... | Defeated | 46.10% (27,349) | 53.90% (31,981) | 7.81% |
| New Mexico | 1948 | Constitutional Amendment No. 5 | LRCA | Executive official term limits | The proposed measure would have allowed for a constitutional amendment that addressed term limits fo... | Defeated | 48.78% (28,914) | 51.22% (30,364) | 2.45% |
| North Carolina | 1948 | Debt Limitations Amendment | LRCA | Elections and campaigns, Taxes | Repeal debt limits and authorize state, counties, and municipalities to contract debt and pledge cre... | Approved | 66.95% (287,350) | 33.05% (141,858) | 33.90% |
| North Carolina | 1948 | Legislative Salaries Amendment | LRCA | Salaries of government officials | Set annual salaries at $1,200 for legislators, $1,500 for presiding officers, and provide $250 and $... | Defeated | 48.63% (235,535) | 51.37% (248,786) | 2.74% |
| North Carolina | 1948 | Property Tax Limits Amendment | LRCA | Property, Taxes | Increase the property tax rate limit from 15 cents per $100 valuation to 25 cents per $100 valuation... | Defeated | 19.46% (90,414) | 80.54% (374,154) | 61.08% |
| North Carolina | 1948 | State and Municipal Debt Amendment | LRCA | State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | Allow the state and municipalities to contract debts. | Defeated | 37.50% (164,063) | 62.50% (273,409) | 24.99% |
| North Dakota | 1948 | Legislature Fix Salaries Amendment | LRCA | Salaries of government officials | Defeated | 41.25% (77,348) | 58.75% (110,179) | 17.51% | |
| North Dakota | 1948 | Municipal Liquor Stores Amendment | LRCA | County and municipal governance, Alcohol laws | Defeated | 39.95% (84,857) | 60.05% (127,529) | 20.09% | |
| North Dakota | 1948 | Post War Rehabilitation Amendment | LRCA | Taxes | Defeated | 38.89% (71,729) | 61.11% (112,719) | 22.22% | |
| North Dakota | 1948 | Repeal Parking Meter Initiative | CISS | Transportation | Defeated | 44.36% (89,483) | 55.64% (112,227) | 11.28% | |
| North Dakota | 1948 | State Medical Center Referendum | LRCA | Healthcare facility funding, Taxes | Approved | 55.63% (108,133) | 44.37% (86,262) | 11.25% | |
| Oregon | 1948 | Measure Nos. 300-301 | LRCA | Taxes | Allow the establishment of new tax bases after the legal voters authorize the over six percent limit... | Defeated | 35.88% (150,032) | 64.12% (268,155) | 28.25% |
| Oregon | 1948 | Measure Nos. 302-303 | LRCA | Parks, land, and natural area conservation, State and local government budgets, spending, and finance | Authorize state indebtedness, not exceeding 0.75% of taxable property, for forest rehabilitation, re... | Approved | 50.31% (211,912) | 49.69% (209,317) | 0.62% |
| Oregon | 1948 | Measure Nos. 304-305 | LRSS | Juvenile criminal justice | Establish a camp for delinquent boys near Timber, Washington County to provide them with “useful occ... | Approved | 50.94% (227,638) | 49.06% (219,196) | 1.89% |
| Oregon | 1948 | Measure Nos. 306-307 | VR | Energy, Administration of government | Require the hydroelectric commission to establish the maximum rate of return and amortization in lic... | Defeated | 41.68% (173,004) | 58.32% (242,100) | 16.65% |